Speaker Trevor Mallard’s rape allegations Stuff: Editorial – Speaker faces pointy inquisition from select committee Katie Scotcher (RNZ): Former deputy speaker expected Trevor Mallard’s legal dispute to be costly when agreeing to it Herald: ‘He made a mistake’: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern continues to back Speaker Trevor Mallard Newstalk
breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com News: Mongrel Mob Wahine Toa lodge first ever all-female gang Treaty of Waitangi claim The first Treaty of Waitangi claim filed by an all-female chapter of a gang has been lodged by the leader of the Mongrel Mob Wahine Toa “It’s about looking at the effects
Speaker Trevor Mallard’s rape allegations Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): Trevor Mallard should never have been appointed as Speaker Barry Soper (Herald): Why House Speaker Trevor Mallard should resign Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): How can Labour preach kindness, yet support Trevor Mallard? Amelia Wade (Herald): Rules quietly changed so
Royal Commission into terrorist attack Chris Trotter: The Royal Commission’s recommendations on hate speech will unite the right Paul Moon (Stuff): Silencing ‘disharmonious speech’ will not be golden Peter Dunne: NZ’s membership of the Five Eyes club contributed to the intelligence failures of the Christchurch terrorist attack Thomas
Speaker Trevor Mallard’s rape allegations Jason Walls (Herald): MPs challenge House Speaker Trevor Mallard over timing of his false rape accusation apology Zane Small (Newshub): Speaker Trevor Mallard comes under fire from National, ACT over ‘rape’ comments Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): MPs call for a vote of no confidence in
Michael Dowling Chairman Council of Licenced Firearms Owners The Royal Commission report is now out. The part that covers how the terrorist was able to get a firearms licence and details how we were so badly let down is Part 5. Part 5 the Firearms Licence by Juana Atkins on
Royal Commission into terrorist attack: Commentary and analysis Luke Malpass (Stuff): Lots of apologies for March 15 terror attack, but no-one to blame Audrey Young (Herald): Christchurch mosque shootings: Royal Commission avoids simple answers about mass surveillance (paywalled) Richard Harman: The confusion of the state; what went wrong with our
Matt Holden Coordinator Free Speech Coalition The Royal Commission’s report on the Christchurch terror attack has just been released. In response, the Government is seizing on the opportunity: Jacinda Ardern has announced she wants to criminalise so-called “hate speech”. Make no mistake, this is a big kahuna – the Government
1News Colmar Brunton poll TVNZ: 1News Colmar Brunton poll: Judith Collins slips further as Labour maintains big election lead RNZ: Latest TVNZ poll has Labour up 7 percentage points Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): Judith Collins down as Labour holds strong lead in first poll since election Jason Walls (NewstalkZB): First poll
Housing Andrea Vance (Stuff): Why New Zealand needs to change how it thinks about housing Bernard Hickey (Stuff): How past generations pulled up the property ladder on today’s youth Susan Edmunds (Stuff): House price drops: Be careful what you wish for? Georgia Forrester (Stuff): The housing crisis: What’s
Climate change Peter Dunne: It is now stand and deliver time for Labour on climate change Rachel Thomas (RNZ): Carbon neutrality by 2050 requires taking a financial hit – economist 1News: ACT calls on MPs to give up unlimited domestic flights in bid to cut carbon emissions 1News: ‘The next step
Climate change Stuff: Editorial – Declaration’s value will be measured by action Yvette McCullough (RNZ): Climate Change declaration: ‘It’s not just symbolic declaration’ Richard Harman: Climate Change Emergency; is it more than a PR stunt? Melanie Carroll (Stuff): Aspirational goal but nothing concrete: Business reaction to climate emergency Dan
Climate change Richard Harman: Now the hard part on climate change is about to begin Jamie Morton (Stuff): What does declaring a ‘climate emergency’ actually do? Robert McLachlan (The Conversation): Climate emergency or not, New Zealand needs to start doing its fair share of climate action David Farrar: If Labour
Hobson’s Pledge Trust Maori wards signature collectors wanted Even more signature collectors are needed now that the Taupo District Council, the Gisborne District Council, the Ruapehu District Council and the South Taranaki District Council have proposed Maori wards. These councils join the Northland Regional Council, Whangarei District Council, Kaipara
ACT Party A Million Views This week, an ACT MP had a video viewed a million times, worldwide. It was James McDowall swearing allegiance to the Queen in Parliament. He swore in English and Cantonese, his wife’s language. Hong Kong legislators are forced to go to Beijing and swear
Housing 1News: Jacinda Ardern says public bears some responsibility for housing crisis after failed taxation attempts Scott Palmer (Newshub): Jacinda Ardern partly blames New Zealand public for housing crisis, Chlöe Swarbrick reacts with scathing emoji Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): If we can’t change the supply or demand for housing, some
